Roy's Postcards: 1989/11/23

Inscription:

Dear Leonard,
Guess what? We dinosaurs have finally become important! We now have our own stamps! With love from the three we's
Rachel Susanna Daddy
Richardsodn

Postcard back:

Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex (Cretaceous period).
From an original painting by Matthew Kalmenoff.

Leonard's comments:

It took a while because regulations prohibit anyone from appearing on a postage stamp until they've been dead for 65 million years.

See also: dinosaurs best-of



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